| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| propriety |
proper or appropriate behavior. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |